Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party on Monday chose Taro Aso, former foreign minister, to become the next prime minister.
Aso clinched the ruling LDP leadership vote by a landslide to take over from Yasuo Fukuda, who quit this month just as the economy flirts with recession and faces further damage from turmoil on Wall Street.
The 68-year-old politician told a news conference after winning the leadership that the Japanese economy is facing recession and his priority is to revitalise the economy before tackling a huge public debt.
Aso, set to be voted prime minister on Wednesday by virtue of the ruling bloc's majority in parliament's powerful lower house, will be Japan's third prime minister in a year. Both his predecessors quit in the face of a deadlocked parliament, where the opposition controls the upper house and can stall bills.
VOVNews/Reuters
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